Well, as anyone who’s read my comment history knows, I’m a fan of the airline industry’s past as much as its present and future. From the aircraft, to the liveries, to the routes, I’m deeply interested in how air travel used to be. One of the relatively few examples we have of this in Infinite Flight is the old American Airlines livery on the 737-800, a livery adorning almost all of American’s aircraft practically unchanged from 1968 to 2013, a stretch of 45 years, one yet to be matched by any other airline. Not coincidentally, it was also the American livery I grew up on.
Server: Solo
Airline: American Airlines (1968)
Aircraft: Boeing 737-800
Origin: Harry Reid International Airport, Paradise, Nevada (LAS)
Destination: Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida (MIA)
Flight Number: AA2404
Route: KLAS-KMIA
Seat: 14F (Main Cabin)
Time En Route: 4 Hours 45 Minutes
Clear morning in the high desert as we wait to board our aircraft at Gate D5
Getting ourselves seated 2 rows in front of the exits
Leaving Las Vegas
Climbing out over the Mojave Desert east of town
Cruising near Las Cruces, New Mexico. Old Mexico is visible in the distance.
A bit of bumpy air over the Gulf is the first sign of trouble. According to the crew, we’ve got heavy weather up ahead of us, so it’s going to be a rough ride into Florida.
The clouds are looking a lot more forbidding as we descend over the Everglades into Miami
Wheels down at Wilcox Field, the original name of MIA
Taxiing into the D Gates. Saw the first flashes of lightning on the horizon, heralding a South Florida thunderstorm.
Deplaned at D43 as the first drops of rains start to fall as the storm approaches
